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Listen, I'm not mad, scripters. Well, maybe just a little upset, but mostly bewildered.
I'm reading all these script files, and their indentation, and I'm just picturing some sort of frat party going on, where everybody is plastered, and is sometimes just making out while sitting on the spacebar.
I mean you have heard of indentation, right? ...like properly nested indentation?
...because the first time I looked at one of your script files, I was like "Oh! So this is a sort of indentation based nesting, that looks very complex now, but which I'm just going to have to learn.".
...but no. Apparently this is obfuscation that makes every script look like "ph'nglui mglw'nafh Cthulhu R'lyeh wgah'nagl fhtagn".
Why?
Just why?
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I really, really, really tried. Trying to tell people how to improve, is much harder than programming is. It's a science which I don't have an endless time to dedicate to. All I can do, is make my opinion known, and just hope that it works to a degree. I've done my part. I have tried to communicate as delicately as possible. Now what's left is to just shrug at fate.
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Listen, I'm not mad, scripters. Well, maybe just a little upset, but mostly bewildered.
I'm reading all these script files, and their indentation, and I'm just picturing some sort of frat party going on, where everybody is plastered, and is sometimes just making out while sitting on the spacebar.
I mean you have heard of indentation, right? ...like properly nested indentation?
...because the first time I looked at one of your script files, I was like "Oh! So this is a sort of indentation based nesting, that looks very complex now, but which I'm just going to have to learn.".
...but no. Apparently this is obfuscation that makes every script look like "ph'nglui mglw'nafh Cthulhu R'lyeh wgah'nagl fhtagn".
Why?
Just why?
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Yeah, people like to think that they're open to critique, but they're often just deluding themselves. I can express myself as positively and optimistic as possible, and people will still growl at me for telling them that they're wrong and supposed to improve. There is no winning.
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You know how there are these long videos which turn your TV into a fireplace on christmas?
Well, can we make a video with just videos of happy, friendly farm animals? ...for dogs? I notice that they get really happy when there are animals on TV, and how bored they are just lying around the house most of the day. When we leave them alone, we could just turn on the TV and have them be happy all day instead. It'll be like ASMR, but for pets.
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I guess there's a right and a wrong way to simply film friendly farm animals. Rewinding them back and forth, having lots of jump cuts, having dogs talks like humans, and having animals wear outfits, would just confuse the dog. It's not hard to do animal ASMR: You just film peaceful animals for extended periods of time. Beyond that, the video is just four guys talking about their own human opinions. They're not the intended audience.
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Listen, I'm not mad, scripters. Well, maybe just a little upset, but mostly bewildered.
I'm reading all these script files, and their indentation, and I'm just picturing some sort of frat party going on, where everybody is plastered, and is sometimes just making out while sitting on the spacebar.
I mean you have heard of indentation, right? ...like properly nested indentation?
...because the first time I looked at one of your script files, I was like "Oh! So this is a sort of indentation based nesting, that looks very complex now, but which I'm just going to have to learn.".
...but no. Apparently this is obfuscation that makes every script look like "ph'nglui mglw'nafh Cthulhu R'lyeh wgah'nagl fhtagn".
Why?
Just why?
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Yes, I've very much noticed that humans are allergic to critique, but I figured I'd try to point it out anyway. Aside from that, I'll just align every script I come across, and hope that maybe misaligning a perfect script, will seem more wrong to people.
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Listen, I'm not mad, scripters. Well, maybe just a little upset, but mostly bewildered.
I'm reading all these script files, and their indentation, and I'm just picturing some sort of frat party going on, where everybody is plastered, and is sometimes just making out while sitting on the spacebar.
I mean you have heard of indentation, right? ...like properly nested indentation?
...because the first time I looked at one of your script files, I was like "Oh! So this is a sort of indentation based nesting, that looks very complex now, but which I'm just going to have to learn.".
...but no. Apparently this is obfuscation that makes every script look like "ph'nglui mglw'nafh Cthulhu R'lyeh wgah'nagl fhtagn".
Why?
Just why?
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I use Geany, where one tab equals two spaces (but it can be adjusted) but it's not a matter of space to tab ratio. Sometimes you have spaces, sometimes one tab, sometimes no tabs, sometimes four tabs, at one point you have a single line of twenty spaces, between a key and a value. (It was the "team" or "rank" key, on maybe the wench AI, but I might remember wrong.)
All I'm asking, is that you make an effort to align things.
I'm not talking C++. I'm talking about the script files. I'm certain that you actual coders have learned structure, or you'd probably get nowhere.
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Listen, I'm not mad, scripters. Well, maybe just a little upset, but mostly bewildered.
I'm reading all these script files, and their indentation, and I'm just picturing some sort of frat party going on, where everybody is plastered, and is sometimes just making out while sitting on the spacebar.
I mean you have heard of indentation, right? ...like properly nested indentation?
...because the first time I looked at one of your script files, I was like "Oh! So this is a sort of indentation based nesting, that looks very complex now, but which I'm just going to have to learn.".
...but no. Apparently this is obfuscation that makes every script look like "ph'nglui mglw'nafh Cthulhu R'lyeh wgah'nagl fhtagn".
Why?
Just why?
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I guess that could explain some of it, but it's more of a mess than that.
...and when I notice that something is misaligned, I align it, because you notice things much better then it has a perfect structure. ...but it's like only Springheel and the guy handling the anim scripts (forgot his name - "tvis"?) does that.
People have to read your code, guys, and so do you.
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You know how there are these long videos which turn your TV into a fireplace on christmas?
Well, can we make a video with just videos of happy, friendly farm animals? ...for dogs? I notice that they get really happy when there are animals on TV, and how bored they are just lying around the house most of the day. When we leave them alone, we could just turn on the TV and have them be happy all day instead. It'll be like ASMR, but for pets.
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Yeah, but they get really excited when they see other animals, like horses, and really happy.
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It's amazing how well my progress has been going. I've treated the clergy to some apples, and while they were hesitant at first, there are now apple cores all over the floor, and everyone is happy.
The beggar rags have had to wait some more, but it seems like today will be the day when I start to finally patch them too. Maybe there will be an end to this list of chores after all.
Well, the good news is that I fixed the beggar rags, but just in time to recieve more upper class clothes. I think I'll deal with those tomorrow. So much work, but I need the energy to do it too.
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You know how there are these long videos which turn your TV into a fireplace on christmas?
Well, can we make a video with just videos of happy, friendly farm animals? ...for dogs? I notice that they get really happy when there are animals on TV, and how bored they are just lying around the house most of the day. When we leave them alone, we could just turn on the TV and have them be happy all day instead. It'll be like ASMR, but for pets.
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My only worry is that the pet will get so excited that they start bumping into the screen, and damage the TV.
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You know how there are these long videos which turn your TV into a fireplace on christmas?
Well, can we make a video with just videos of happy, friendly farm animals? ...for dogs? I notice that they get really happy when there are animals on TV, and how bored they are just lying around the house most of the day. When we leave them alone, we could just turn on the TV and have them be happy all day instead. It'll be like ASMR, but for pets.
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I really doubt that they sleep all day because they want to. Every time you get back to a dog after a day of work, they can get so happy that they pee on the floor. That's because being alone for several hours, with nothing to do, is like torture. At least with the TV, they have something that looks like company.
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I'm finally back to being productive again. I was worried there for a second.
At first I tried to be fancy about the robes, and for these past days, thought that just a seam here and there would do, but it just wouldn't look proper, so now I'm actually sowing them from scratch. It takes a bit more time, but you get them just the way you want them, and, having learned from all these numerous alterations, I now know exactly how to do it. I don't have someone to pose for me, but if there's any problems, they will be just minor ones. Now everything will look just right, and I can finally move on without any second thoughts.
I've taken a breakfast break after sowing some upper class clothing. Then I'll look over to see if a wench dress needs fixing. It's going well today.
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I had enough of my disheveled hair, so today was shaving day. It took quite a while.
...and after that I got rid of the two dozen eggs that has been filling up half my cold storage for the past months, so now I have some more room there. They smelled pretty bad, and yet none of them were cracked. The rot must have been seeping through the shell.
This whole day I might have to spend just doing the household chores, unfortunately. We'll see. I have to do them sooner or later. The maid can't tend to my every need. She's the one who has to clean the poop buckets, and I don't envy her, because that's where I dumped the eggs today.
My poor legs are hurting from all the walking I've done, and I haven't even left my house.
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Sunday already, huh. Time flies...
Fixed lots and lots of robes these past two days, and I'm finally as done as I'd like, at least for the moment. Any more sowing than this, and I'll be customizing the robes into form fitted ones, and I don't think the clergy would approve of me bringing out the curves in their women's figures.
...and of course I immediately continue to make work for myself by taking on more customers. ...but it's an easy job from a beggar with no standards, so I think the worst is over.
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I did it! I freaking did it! I managed to formfit the female robes!
It took so many hours that my eyes are burning, partly because I messed up and form fitted a male robe by mistake.
Now I just need to fit the male ones as well, maybe after I've slept.
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I hate people. That's why I'm in here: To get away from all the people. ...and basically the reason I hate people, is because they're moody. They get out of bed, and randomly decide that they're going to be moody against some person today, or maybe they have some random list over what people to be what mood to, that they follow for no reason, and that they want to be buried with.
I just want to work. I don't care about what your current mood is, or if your pet died today, or if I'm wearing the wrong shirt, or if you've decided to take something I said the wrong say. I don't want to be involved in your social games. I just want things to work. I am a drone, and I'm proud of it. I try to be as polite as possible, because I find that people are suckers for that, but that's as far as it goes. I can't, and I won't, apologize for your feelings, and try to make up for your dead pet.
...and so that's why I'm building this shelter for myself, void of humanity and their moods.
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Well, at this point I've learned far too much about patching clothes, sowing and fabrics. At one point I even wrote the original tailor and told him how to sow.
I'm so worn out.
Tomorrow will hopefully see the end of all of this. One can hope.
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Everybody hates hard work, myself included. Everybody wishes they could just imagine something and snap their fingers, and feel like they've "earned that right". ...but no matter how skilled and experienced you are, hard work simply takes time and dedication. There is no way around putting on the gloves and moving that boulder from point A to point B, and that will just take the time it takes, and you're just going to have to be patient, or you're going to break down mentally over your own passionate ambitions, and end up doing no work at all.
We need to understand just how small and pathetic we are, and stop dreaming so big all the time.
I've spent basically all day patching up old clothes for a lot of poor people. I got about half of it done. I reckon they'll be able to pick it up tomorrw, or maybe in two days. Maybe taking on this charity project was a little too much for a sick man like me, but I still found time to eat. My appetite is returning. It could be worse. It's not the plague.
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I am still too sick to feel any appetite, but I can still work.
I fixed some water and some fire today. I certainly don't have any large bodies of either substance in here, but I imagine it'll make some strangers happy somewhere.
My maid has promised to make me some cheeseburgers if I promise to eat them. I usually love cheeseburgers, but the more important thing is to not starve to death, I guess.
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That old manual is actually proving to be more useful than I gave it credit for. I even found some electrical blueprints in it.
I also repaired an old pair of spaulders today, and wiped the ingrained dust off the rivets on a shelf. There a lot of things wrong with the world, but at least I can fix most of the things I have within arms reach. It's a shame about that cup, though. Even if I glued the sides back together, the cracks would just fill with germs, which would just make me sick whenever I'd drink from it.
Speaking of "sick", I can feel myself getting better. My affliction is definitely leaving me. I spent about an hour in bed just now, just squeezing what feels like the last of the pus, out of my boils.
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I got myself a proper journal now, and a washbin, and a bathtub, and some proper tools, and a better dining chair, and a broom. Things are a bit more habitable now.
I'm also in the process of opening up another wing, to move all the machines to, so that I can sleep at night once I run them at full capacity.
I'm also reading through a very old manual I found. It's not of that much use to me anymore, but it's not completely useless either.
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I don't want to mention internet platforms or names or topics, but some people are really, really upset over things, while I'm not.
I've accepted that it's just not my place to "rage against the machine". We just live in a world, filled with billions of people, and sometimes we're punished for being born, and sometimes we live in a country where we just have to starve to death, and that's just life. What you can do about that, is basically to pick up a grain of sand in a desert, and throw it as far as you can with all your might, and if you're lucky, you'll just hurt somebody else's eye with it.
...and to some people I'm a bad guy simply for being this apathetic, and not wanting to devote my life to some cause for some imagined "justice" instead of just getting my own life in order. I just want to do my dishes and pay my bills, internet-politics-guys, and you want to spirit me away to rallies and protests, and want to trick me into being upset, and shame me if I'm not, over some theoretical ideals that won't ever apply to me in the first place.
I don't buy into this "justice" or "rights" thing, or this idea of humanity as some sort of happy family that we should be in support of. Can't I have "that right"? Can't I have the right to just pay my bills and take care of myself in peace? Yes, maybe some day the government will ship me off to some labour camp or prison, but that's just what these people are paid to do, and have always been paid to do, whether they actually do it, or just frivolously rape people when nobody's looking. All you're doing is moving the line about, trying to decide which people to send to the camps over what issue. There isn't some state of "absolute justice". All you're doing is bullying people.
You're so obsessed and upset over such nonsense, and it's not productive at all. The cops are not your friends, and they will never stand up for you.
Anyway, back to being productive.
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I don't want to mention internet platforms or names or topics, but some people are really, really upset over things, while I'm not.
I've accepted that it's just not my place to "rage against the machine". We just live in a world, filled with billions of people, and sometimes we're punished for being born, and sometimes we live in a country where we just have to starve to death, and that's just life. What you can do about that, is basically to pick up a grain of sand in a desert, and throw it as far as you can with all your might, and if you're lucky, you'll just hurt somebody else's eye with it.
...and to some people I'm a bad guy simply for being this apathetic, and not wanting to devote my life to some cause for some imagined "justice" instead of just getting my own life in order. I just want to do my dishes and pay my bills, internet-politics-guys, and you want to spirit me away to rallies and protests, and want to trick me into being upset, and shame me if I'm not, over some theoretical ideals that won't ever apply to me in the first place.
I don't buy into this "justice" or "rights" thing, or this idea of humanity as some sort of happy family that we should be in support of. Can't I have "that right"? Can't I have the right to just pay my bills and take care of myself in peace? Yes, maybe some day the government will ship me off to some labour camp or prison, but that's just what these people are paid to do, and have always been paid to do, whether they actually do it, or just frivolously rape people when nobody's looking. All you're doing is moving the line about, trying to decide which people to send to the camps over what issue. There isn't some state of "absolute justice". All you're doing is bullying people.
You're so obsessed and upset over such nonsense, and it's not productive at all. The cops are not your friends, and they will never stand up for you.
Anyway, back to being productive.
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I gave up on trying to fix the stairs. I'll just hire a proper carpenter. I also sent my pickaxe in for repair.
I've instead spent a couple of hours searching for, and reattaching, the maid's lost tongue, and after that, I painted the wood on the walls.
Lastly, I simply got a new teacup. You can't always fix things. I just have to be more careful with this one, I guess.
Housekeeping is hard work, but I actually solved (or delegated) everything that I set out to fix today, and my world is as fixed as it can be under the circumstances. Splendid.
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My health is improving somewhat. It must be that gruel she's been serving me.
The newspaper upstairs has been wrong for a long, long time, and so I tracked down the publisher - a guy named Springheel - broke in, and repaired his printing press. Now I can finally enjoy a good print.
Next I think I'll start repairs on the stairs, and my pickaxe. ...and my teacup. So many things need repairs around here, but they'll probably require less effort than fixing the newspapers did.
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Got to work on the airpump this evening. I said that I rigged it to run permanently. That's because the instrument panel cost extra, and I figured that as long as he gives me the basic chassi for it, I can initially run it on the default settings, and then install the gauge needle and the lever myself. ...which I've done now, in the physical sense. It's probably the most precise fitting I've ever had to do in my life. Hooking up all the wires, will have to wait until tomorrow, because my eyes are spent from all the crossing they've done.
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I've finally installed a writing desk, and almost tripled my table space. No more venturing outside just to write. With any luck, I won't see a Builder for as long as I live. Well, one can hope.
I think I'm losing weight. The maid doesn't seem to have time to bring me my meals, and so she brings me full meals only once or twice a day, and some gruel which she claims is good for me. During the rest of the day, I sustain myself with tea, since I have plenty of water at least.
I've made a long list of things to do before I can find this new existence bareable, and a bathtub isn't even on it.
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